- Genus name: Rattus
- Species name: rattus
- Subspecies name: rattus
You’d actually say it as R. rattus rattus or Rattus r. rattus.
The rat so nice they named it thrice!
Once. Twice. Three times a rattus.
If this isn’t yet a death metal song, it should be.
Rat in a dollhouse always cheers me up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bYbLv20Q0I
Saying its name trice is a summoning chant, which may have worked a bit too well. You should check your house just in case.
Also, the scientific name of the Western lowland gorilla is gorilla gorilla gorilla. You’d say it as G. g. gorilla.
The OG
The GGG
Gorilla Gorilla Allin?
Vulpes vulpes vulpes is another one, I’m gonna guess that all these triple names are from the eighteenth century, when the dude said this subspecies is the regular one so I’ll keep repeating the name to make it clear. Like vulgaris in plants.
$ wget https://www.itis.gov/downloads/itisMySQLTables.tar.gz $ unp -U itisMySQLTables.tar.gz $ cd itisMySQL072826 $ cut -d'|' -f2 longnames|grep -iE '^([^ ]+) \1 \1$' Porites porites porites Volva volva volva Modiolus modiolus modiolus Quadrula quadrula quadrula Arcinella arcinella arcinella Echiurus echiurus echiurus Sprattus sprattus sprattus Lepadogaster lepadogaster lepadogaster Pungitius pungitius pungitius Caretta caretta caretta Puffinus puffinus puffinus Sula sula sula Anhinga anhinga anhinga Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax Lagopus lagopus lagopus Perdix perdix perdix Limosa limosa limosa Alle alle alle Apus apus apus Riparia riparia riparia Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula Carduelis carduelis carduelis Pica pica pica Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe Ciconia ciconia ciconia Bison bison bison Clelia clelia clelia Phocoena phocoena phocoena Gulo gulo gulo Hyaena hyaena hyaena Nasua nasua nasua Belone belone belone Lerwa lerwa lerwa Francolinus francolinus francolinus Coturnix coturnix coturnix Gallus gallus gallus Crossoptilon crossoptilon crossoptilon Zungaro zungaro zungaro Bubo bubo bubo Amazilia amazilia amazilia Coeligena coeligena coeligena Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio Grus grus grus Manacus manacus manacus Pipra pipra pipra Suiriri suiriri suiriri Anser anser anser Pauxi pauxi pauxi Gallinago gallinago gallinago Caracal caracal caracal Lynx lynx lynx Genetta genetta genetta Vulpes vulpes vulpes Lutra lutra lutra Martes martes martes Meles meles meles Mephitis mephitis mephitis Icterus icterus icterus Curaeus curaeus curaeus Melanodera melanodera melanodera Diuca diuca diuca Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius Buteo buteo buteo Cochlearius cochlearius cochlearius Jacana jacana jacana Milvus milvus milvus Chinchilla chinchilla chinchilla Tibicen tibicen tibicen Avicularia avicularia avicularia Alces alces alces Capreolus capreolus capreolus Dama dama dama Gazella gazella gazella Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra Redunca redunca redunca Quelea quelea quelea Regulus regulus regulus Tchagra tchagra tchagra Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus Petronia petronia petronia Cinclus cinclus cinclus Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Amandava amandava amandava Petaurista petaurista petaurista Marmota marmota marmota Hoolock hoolock hoolock Gorilla gorilla gorilla Indri indri indri Pithecia pithecia pithecia Saccolaimus saccolaimus saccolaimus Molossus molossus molossus Pipistrellus pipistrellus pipistrellus Myotis myotis myotis Chitra chitra chitra Microchaetus microchaetus microchaetus Chloris chloris chloris Giraffa giraffa giraffa Basiliscus basiliscus basiliscus Cerastes cerastes cerastes Natrix natrix natrix Astacus astacus astacus Colius colius colius Chalcides chalcides chalcides Scincus scincus scincus Schoeniclus schoeniclus schoeniclus Radjah radjah radjah Himantopus himantopus himantopus Antigone antigone antigone Pyrope pyrope pyrope Curruca curruca curruca Bufo bufo bufo Vicugna vicugna vicugna Erythrogenys erythrogenys erythrogenys $Bison bison bison
Oh sweet buttery Jesus yes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
to
Buffalo Bison bison bison Buffalo Bison bison bison buffalo buffalo Buffalo Bison bison bison.
Colleagues must think im crying on the toilet but I’m trying to silently laugh tears. Thank you.
My OCD demanded I take a few minutes and alphabetize that list. Also added the few mentions in the comments that were not included:
Alces alces alces Alle alle alle Amandava amandava amandava Amazilia amazilia amazilia Anhinga anhinga anhinga Anser anser anser Antigone antigone antigone Apus apus apus Arcinella arcinella arcinella Astacus astacus astacus Avicularia avicularia avicularia
Basiliscus basiliscus basiliscus Belone belone belone Bison bison bison Bubo bubo bubo Bufo bufo bufo Buteo buteo buteo
Capreolus capreolus capreolus Caracal caracal caracal Carduelis carduelis carduelis Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis Caretta caretta caretta Cerastes cerastes cerastes Chalcides chalcides chalcides Chinchilla chinchilla chinchilla Chitra chitra chitra Chloris chloris chloris Ciconia ciconia ciconia Cinclus cinclus cinclus Clelia clelia clelia Coccothraustes coccothraustes coccothraustes Cochlearius cochlearius cochlearius Coeligena coeligena coeligena Colius colius colius Coturnix coturnix coturnix Crossoptilon crossoptilon crossoptilon Curaeus curaeus curaeus Curruca curruca curruca
Dama dama dama Diuca diuca diuca
Echiurus echiurus echiurus Erythrogenys erythrogenys erythrogenys
Francolinus francolinus francolinus
Gallinago gallinago gallinago Gallus gallus gallus Gazella gazella gazella Genetta genetta genetta Giraffa giraffa giraffa Gorilla gorilla gorilla Grus grus grus Gulo gulo gulo
Himantopus himantopus himantopus Hoolock hoolock hoolock Hyaena hyaena hyaena
Icterus icterus icterus Indri indri indri
Jacana jacana jacana
Lagopus lagopus lagopus Lepadogaster lepadogaster lepadogaster Lerwa lerwa lerwa Limosa limosa limosa Lutra lutra lutra Lynx lynx lynx
Manacus manacus manacus Marmota marmota marmota Martes martes martes Melanodera melanodera melanodera Meles meles meles Mephitis mephitis mephitis Microchaetus microchaetus microchaetus Milvus milvus milvus Modiolus modiolus modiolus Molossus molossus molossus Myotis myotis myotis
Nasua nasua nasua Natrix natrix natrix Nyctelius nyctelius nyctelius Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe Oreotragus oreotragus oreotragus
Pauxi pauxi pauxi Perdix perdix perdix Petaurista petaurista petaurista Petronia petronia petronia Phocoena phocoena phocoena Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus Pica pica pica Pipistrellus pipistrellus pipistrellus Pipra pipra pipra Pithecia pithecia pithecia Porites porites porites Porphyrio porphyrio porphyrio Puffinus puffinus puffinus Pungitius pungitius pungitius Pyrope pyrope pyrope Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula
Quadrula quadrula quadrula Quelea quelea quelea
Radjah radjah radjah Rattus rattus rattus Redunca redunca redunca Regulus regulus regulus Riparia riparia riparia Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra
Saccolaimus saccolaimus saccolaimus Salamandra salamandra salamandra Schoeniclus schoeniclus schoeniclus Scincus scincus scincus Sprattus sprattus sprattus Suiriri suiriri suiriri Sula sula sula
Tchagra tchagra tchagra Tibicen tibicen tibicen Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes
Vicugna vicugna vicugna Volva volva volva Vulpes vulpes vulpes
Zungaro zungaro zungaro
Nice grep command
Am I blind or is that list missing r. r. rattus?
double checks
It’s not in there. Could be that the subspecies classification was recent or undone or controversial or something?
Hey that’s Cancer Mouse recoloured!
Ratatatata
Rattus R. Rattus has some real Chuck E. Cheese energy.
Rattus R. Rattus is his well-to-do British uncle.
This seems like a fact that John Oliver would bring up.
Rat3
The rattest rat
Rat cubed.
Similarly, the Eurasian Brown Bear is Ursus Arctos Arctos (U. a. arctos) which just means Bear Bear Bear in Latin and Ancient Greek, respectively 😄
Crucially, I forgot to note the taxonomist who described it:
Rattus Norvegus (common brown rat) was named by that Norwegian Linnaeus guy who came up with the Latin naming scheme for species. They are not particularly Norwegian actually.
A. The common brown rat is named Rattus norvegicus
B. Carl Linneaus was Swedish (born in Råshult, near Älmhult, Krononberg County, Småland; died in Hammarby).
C. Your rattus norvegicus was named so by John Berkenhout (English, born in Leeds), who believed the rats migrated to England from Norwegian ships in 1728. (Source: Berkenhout, John (1769). Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 1. London: Printed for P. Elmsly (Successor to Mr. Vaillant). p. 5.)
How dare you say he’s Norwegian! Those mountain trolls could never spawn someone of such greatness! Next you’ll tell me Anders Celsius was Danish, pwah.
Sweden had some good ones. Schele is my favourite. If you are a chemist tasting stuff to identify properties is a bad idea.
As a Norwegian myself I like Kristian Birkeland who in order to fund his aurora borealis research invented the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air. Thereby enabeling the mass production of fertilizer
If you are a chemist tasting stuff to identify properties is a bad idea.
I was appalled, reading through these:
1879:
“How did I discover saccharine?” he said. "Well, it was partly by accident and partly by study. I had worked a long time upon the compound radicals and a substitution products of coal tar, and had made a number of scientific discoveries that are, as far as I know, of no commercial value. One evening I was so interested in my laboratory that I forgot about supper until quite late, and then rushed off for a meal without stopping to wash my hands. I sat down, broke a piece of bread, and put it to my lips. It tasted unspeakably sweet. I did not ask why it was so, probably because I thought it was some cake or sweetmeat. I rinsed my mouth with water, and dried my mustached with my napkin, when, to my surprise, the napkin tasted sweeter than the bread. Then I was puzzled. I again raised my goblet, and, as fortune would have it, applied my mouth where my fingers had touched it before. The water seemed sirup. It flashed upon me that I was the cause of the singular universal sweetness, and I accordingly tasted the end of my thumb, and found that it surpassed any confectionary I had ever eaten. I saw the whole thing at a glance. I had discovered or made some coal tar substance which out-sugared sugar. I dropped my dinner and ran back to the laboratory. There, in my excitement, I tasted the contents of every beaker and evaporating dish on the table. Luckily for me, none contained any corrosive or poisonous liquid.
“One of them contained an impure solution of saccharine…”
1965:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspartame#History
Aspartame was discovered by accident[60] in December 1965[61] by James M. Schlatter, a chemist working for G.D. Searle & Company in Skokie, Illinois. Schlatter had synthesized aspartame as an intermediate step in generating a tetrapeptide of the hormone gastrin, for use in assessing an anti-ulcer drug candidate.[60] He discovered its sweet taste when he licked his finger, which had become contaminated with aspartame, to lift up a piece of paper.[12][62]
1967:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acesulfame_potassium#Discovery
Acesulfame potassium was developed after the accidental discovery of a similar compound (5,6-dimethyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide) in 1967 by Karl Clauss and Harald Jensen at Hoechst AG.[16][17] After some of the chemical powder accidentally spilled onto his sweater, Clauss licked his finger to wipe the spots away, which led him to notice its intensely sweet taste.[18][19]
1975:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucralose
Sucralose was discovered in 1975 by scientists from Tate & Lyle, working with researchers Leslie Hough and Shashikant Phadnis at Queen Elizabeth College (now part of King’s College London).[21] While researching novel uses of sucrose and its synthetic derivatives, mixing sulfuryl chloride with sugar, Phadnis was told to “test” a chlorinated sugar compound. According to an anecdotal account, Phadnis thought Hough asked him to “taste” it, so he did and found the compound to be exceptionally sweet.[22][23]
